This deserves broader distribution, well done!
Caught That Darn Hummingbird!
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Great shot. I have read 1000s of words on technique for shooting hummingbirds and it can get down to a lot of gear. Getting that pic with your listed gear is an achievement.
Looks like it! Thanks!
@VictorG:
Can we have a 100% crop of you in his eye? That would be cool.
I can't wait until the Giants come back to town around December. I'll borrow my friend's 70-300 IS and camp out in the back yard until I get a really good pic.
Here's a Firecrown I got a while ago. I think he was collecting food for his chicks (if the males do that, I'm not an ornithologist):
I wasn't nearly as close as VictorG was able to get, so I had to substitute focal length and cropping.
Nice pic.
Beautiful picture.
Regarding the species, I think it's a male black-chinned hummingbird. Scroll down a little on the provided link. The description of the gorget, or throat region is almost spot-on with what you caught on film.
Great shot, by the way! I'm kind of jealous... Arizona has a great selection of hummingbirds. Here in Minnesota, we only have the ruby-throat.
Don
Great shot, by the way! I'm kind of jealous... Arizona has a great selection of hummingbirds. Here in Minnesota, we only have the ruby-throat.
Don
Wow! Excellent work 
Regards.
Jakob
Regards.
Jakob
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Thanks for the site. Good to know for future reference! I have a couple other hummingbird images I need to identify.
Also, here are crops of the eye. Its a little difficult to see... hope they come out right in the post. If you look at the white dot in the middle-right of the eye... that is the camera flash. Right under, you can lightly see my camera lens.
Here is a 100% crop of the head/eye.
And, here is a 200% crop for good measure.
Super
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Here are a few other hummingbird pictures I took.
I took this one before the previous shot I posted... Same day, different hummer.
Another hummer... little round guy. I kept following him around and he kept zipping all over the place trying to get away.
Here is the same one hiding in a bush.
And, here is a 100% crop of the last picture... look at his eye, he's irate!
I took this one before the previous shot I posted... Same day, different hummer.
Another hummer... little round guy. I kept following him around and he kept zipping all over the place trying to get away.
Here is the same one hiding in a bush.
And, here is a 100% crop of the last picture... look at his eye, he's irate!
Great shots fellas!
I'm a bird enthusiast and I envy you guys. You see a lot of variety with your hummingbirds. Here in New England we only get Rubies, but they're pretty handsome birds, so I shouldn't complain. I was thinking about trying to get some photos this weekend if the weather cooperates. I don't know if I can pull it off with my cheap(ish) camera. I'll post if I get anything worthy.
I'm a bird enthusiast and I envy you guys. You see a lot of variety with your hummingbirds. Here in New England we only get Rubies, but they're pretty handsome birds, so I shouldn't complain. I was thinking about trying to get some photos this weekend if the weather cooperates. I don't know if I can pull it off with my cheap(ish) camera. I'll post if I get anything worthy.
Well done! All that patience paid off with a wonderful photo!
Wow!
Thanks for the crops! They look great!
I was just noticing....Not much meat on those things is there?
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Thats amazing! Great photo!
Nice work, indeed!
That is a wonderful photo!! Is the feeder in your backyard or out of a window?
Sue
Sue
It took about 40 minutes of patience and standing VERY still... but, I got that bugger!
Nikon D200, Nikon AF-S DX 55-200mm, Focal Length 200mm, f/5.6, Shutter 1/60, Range about 3 feet.
Perhaps next time I'll use a much faster shutter speed to completely stop motion.
I'm shocked you got that close...
